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FM WASHINGTON

TO TELELETTER FCO

TELELETTER NFR

OF 29212OZ OCTOBER 93

INFO TELELETTER PEKING, HONG KONG

FROM T R V PHILLIPS ESQ, WASHINGTON

TO LAURENCE BRISTOW-SMITH ESQ, FED, FCO

CC:

RF WYE ESQ, RAD, FCO

MS ANNADELE BOUCH, HKD, FCO CHANCERIES: PEKING, HONG KONG

HKB 091/1

8 UCT 1993

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U.S/CHINA: MFN

SUMMARY

1.

SHATTUCK BRIEFING ON VISIT TO CHINA: AGENDA FOR U.S/CHINA

MIL-MIL TALKS.

DETAIL

2. SHATTUCK (ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, STATE) BRIEFED A GROUP OF WESTERN MISSIONS ON 28 OCTOBER ON HIS 9-16 OCTOBER TRIP TO CHINA, WHICH HAD INCLUDED TWO DAYS IN TIBET. HE HAD BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THE CHINESE ALTHOUGH THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT ANY IMMEDIATE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE.

3. SHATTUCK'S OBJECTIVES HAD BEEN TO CONVEY CLINTON'S MESSAGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE U.S/CHINA RELATIONSHIP, U.S COMMITMENT TO THE DEMOCRATIC ASPIRATIONS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE, AND U.S RESPECT FOR CHINESE ACHIEVEMENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE. SHATTUCK HAD SOUGHT TO EXPAND THE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOCUSSING ON THE ISSUES WHICH CLINTON HAD IDENTIFIED AS CRUCIAL FOR MFN RENEWAL, AND EXPLAINING TO THE CHINESE THE IMPORTANCE OF THERE BEING SIGNIFICANT OVERALL PROGRESS ON THOSE ISSUES BEFORE JUNE

1994. SHATTUCK HAD ALSO TOLD THE CHINESE THAT PRESIDENT AND

CONGRESS WERE FIRMLY UNITED ON THIS SUBJECT.

4. ISSUES DISCUSSED HAD BEEN:

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